significant listening experiences that marked directional shifts upon personal reflection: Charlie Parker records, esp. Now's The Time on Verve, the bootleg from Birdland 1950 and the Savoy Recordings. Chico Hamilton - El Chico. A Certain Ratio - Sextet. The voice of Billie Holiday. Sonny Clark's comping. Horace Silver's writing and the way he plays his own compositions. J Dilla - Donuts. Slum Village - Instrumentals from Fantastic, Vol. 1. Dionne Warwick - The Sensitive Sound Of Dionne Warwick. Giorgio Moroder. Paul Newman (the actor). ATCQ - The Low End Theory. Hearing John Dirac at 18 and very green.
I'm mainly a guitar player. I like to write music. I like to collaborate with other musicians. I live in Chicago. I think music opens doors. Some of the bands I play/have played with:
Tortoise,
Chicago Underground,
Isotope 217º,
New Horizons Ensemble,
A Cushicle,
SpliceCat,
Moment Of Inertia,
TriColor,
Brian Blade Fellowship,
Powerhouse Sound,
Fred Anderson Quartet,
Joshua Redman Elastic Band, a.o.
I sometimes lead projects of my own: they usually are simply called "Jeff Parker" or "Jeff Parker _____ (trio, quartet, organ quartet, etc.) and may consist of myself performing alone or with small or large aggregates of various configurations...
That's right! Man, I couldn't even barely form complete sentances on Monday...I'm not sure how I made it out to Du Nord!? It was great to hear ya from the crowd perspective. Can't wait to hear you at Mill!
